Sylmar

A tanker truck overturned on the northbound 5 Freeway in Sylmar Thursday morning, prompting the closure of a stretch of the freeway until further notice.

A tanker truck overturned on the northbound 5 Freeway in Sylmar Thursday morning, prompting the closure of a stretch of the freeway.

Families struggling with the pandemic lined up in Sylmar to get food assistance. Kim Tobin reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020.

A group of hikers, possibly a family of four, were rescued from steep terrain in Sylmar Thursday night.

The Los Angeles Police Department today is seeking the public’s help in solving a double homicide tied to a celebration of the Dodgers’ World Series victory.

Portions of the 210 Freeway in Sylmar and Lake View Terrace will be closed beginning Monday night, while crews remove overhead signs. All westbound lanes of the freeway will be closed between Osborne Street and Paxton Street from 11 p.m. Monday through 5 a.m. Tuesday, according to Caltrans. The westbound Osborne Street/Foothill Boulevard on-ramp and the westbound connector to the…

U.S. Forest Service fire management officials are seeking 30 candidates for the fourth annual Women-in-Wildfire Basic Training Camp based at Little Tujunga Hotshot headquarters in Sylmar, it was announced Tuesday. The six-day camp, which begins on Nov. 16, is designed to introduce and prepare women for entry-level wildland firefighter jobs throughout California and surrounding states. “Led by female firefighters who…

A Bridge Home facility opened Monday in the northeast San Fernando Valley to house 85 homeless women in the area. The Sylmar shelter, named “The Arroyo,” is located in a former armory previously owned by the state of California at 12860 Arroyo St. and will be operated by the nonprofit LA Family Housing. “Four years ago, it was (Los Angeles…

A curious bear spotted roaming around a Sylmar golf course and neighborhood was tranquilized Monday morning. The bear came from El Cariso Regional Park golf course and began wandering near Hubbard Street and Eldridge Avenue, wildlife authorities said. It wandered near Los Angeles Mission College before heading into a residential area. The animal was tranquilized by wildlife authorities and tagged….

LAPD Mission Station reported a bear walking on a golf course and around a neighborhood, before authorities tranquilized the animal June 22, 2020.

Authorities Tuesday identified one of two men fatally shot at a family gathering in Sylmar over the weekend by unidentified assailants who remain at large. The shooting occurred in the 12900 block of Borden Avenue, near Sylmar High School, about 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Ivan Flores, 35, of Sylmar died at the scene, according to the coroner’s office. Another man died…

Officers on Sunday released the name of the 58-year-old volunteer fatally injured when he was pinned between two vehicles at a coronavirus food drive in Sylmar. The man was identified as Arturo Melendez of San Fernando, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. Los Angeles Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez said on Saturday that she plans to introduce new safety...

As seen on Today in LA on Sunday, April 19, 2020.

Los Angeles Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez plans to introduce new safety legislation after Friday’s death of a 58-year-old volunteer at a food drive in Sylmar, where the victim was pinned between two vehicles while loading food. Rodriguez said she will introduce legislation to increase on-site traffic safety measures to ensure safe ingress and egress, as well as proper loading procedures....

The Los Angeles Superior Court’s Sylmar courthouse, which handles juvenile cases in two courtrooms, was ordered shut down for three days Sunday after a public defender assigned to the courthouse tested positive for COVID-19. Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile ordered the closure. He said he was notified Saturday that a deputy public defender contracted the virus while caring for...

Two people were killed Friday when a single-propeller airplane crashed in Sylmar. The crash near the Golden State (5) Freeway was reported at 2:52 p.m., said county fire department spokesman Marvin Lin. “It’s actually in the hills above the Sunshine Canyon Landfill, near the intersection of Sunshine Canyon and San Fernando Road,” said county fire department spokesman Sean Ferguson....

One person was critically hurt, likely a toddler, and four others taken to the hospital in a two-car crash in Sylmar, the California Highway Patrol said Friday. The crash occurred at 2:37 p.m. on the eastbound 210 Freeway near the 5 Freeway. Los Angeles City Fire officials said a 3-year-old boy was reportedly ejected from his car seat. Others who…

The family of 31-year-old Gregory Baltazar says they want to remember his big smile, his big eyes and his big heart. Instead, they’re forced to relive his murder every day.

Shaken neighbors talk about what they saw and heard before a BMW smashed into seven parked cars in Sylmar. Jane Yamamoto reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2019.

The free, open-to-the public event will include tours of the Sylmar campus.